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Specializing in Health, Wellness and Weight Loss

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If Fiber were a drug, the world would be clamoring to sign up for their fix.  Fiber helps to lower blood sugar, cut cholesterol and helps prevent colon cancer and avoid hemorrhoids.  So, if fiber is so fabulous, why do we not get our daily dose?

Eating the overabundance of highly processed foods, which includes white flour, white pasta, white sugar and the foods that use these ingredients, such as packaged food products like white or brown bread.  Over processing strips fiber density from the food being created such as saltine crackers rather than flax seeded crackers made from whole grains. 

Eating seeded foods and green leafy vegetables will help your fiber intake daily.  Another ingredient option is the fat and fiber rich Avocado.  Known for its 10 grams of fiber per medium avocado, it is also a good source of B , C and Vitamin E.  Yes high in fat.  This monounsaturated fat, referred to as good fat, helps to lower bad cholesterol when consumed in moderation.  They are calorie dense with 1/5 yielding 50 calories of packed nutritional value.

When used as a part of a weight loss strategy, they will give you a feeling of fullness and ups satiety value per meal.  Studies show that avocados can be a key ingredient that can help with weight loss when added in moderation to an ongoing plan.  Share your avocado story and recipe and let us know how it is helping your weight loss results.